• The dirge is sung, the ritual said,
      No more the brooding organ weeps,
    And, cool and green, the turf is spread
      On that lone grave where BROMLEY sleeps.

    Gone—in his ripe, meridian hour!
      Gone—when the wave was at its crest!
    And wayward Humor’s perfect flower
      Is turned to darkness and to rest.

    No more those honest eyes...